Atherton High School (Kentucky)

Atherton High School
Address
Map
3000 Dundee Road

Louisville
,
Kentucky
40205

United States
Coordinates38°12′46″N 85°41′17″W / 38.21280°N 85.68800°W / 38.21280; -85.68800
Information
TypePublic
Motto"What you do makes a difference."
Established1924
School districtJefferson County Public Schools
PrincipalStephanie Fluhr
Staff80.80 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,461 (2022–2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.08[1]
Color(s)Maroon and gold     [2]
NicknameRavens[3][2]
Websitewww.jefferson.kyschools.us/schools/profiles/atherton
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Atherton High School is a public school in the Highlands district of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Jefferson County Public School district. It opened in 1924[5] as J.M. Atherton High School for Girls at 1418 Morton Avenue. It is named after John McDougal Atherton,[5] a local businessman and politician who was instrumental in changing Louisville's school system administration from trustees to a board of education. The school became coeducational in 1950.[5]

Atherton moved to its current site in 1962 on the old Ray and Charles Clagett estate and its old premises is now the Jefferson County Traditional Middle School.[6] A new wing was added to the Dundee location in 1992.

Atherton offers an International Studies Program and an International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. The IB Program is the only one in the city at a public school, and also the only one open to boys (the city's other IB program is at the all-girls' Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic school). Students also have the option of enrolling in Advanced Placement or Honors classes as well as in the Advanced Placement Program, Exceptional Child Education Program, and English as a Second Language Program.

  1. ^ a b c "Atherton High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Atherton High School". Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  3. ^ "GOODBYE REBELS: Atherton High School announces new mascot". Louisville, KY: WDRB. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "School Report Card 2015-2016 School/District Details". Kentucky Department Of Education. Archived from the original (XLSX) on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Atherton High School History Atherton High School.
  6. ^ Atherton High School Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine Jefferson County Public Schools History.